News
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Aris Politopoulos’ Leiden Experience: “video games can provide new avenues for research” 12 November 2018
Seven years ago, Aris Politopoulos left Athens for a master’s programme at the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology. Now he has nearly finished his PhD disse...
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Prof Ann Brysbaert participates in Getty Foundation’s initiative 12 November 2018
A new and recently started Getty Foundation project, Material Entanglements in the Ancient Mediterranean and Beyond, aims to forge connections among M...
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Catalin Popa’s Leiden experience: “Archaeology needs to contribute to society.” 19 October 2018
Originally from Romania, Catalin Popa has been working at our Faculty as a Postdoc for two years now. He is a landscape archaeologist with a deep inte...
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Student Igor Djakovic awarded Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scholarship 18 October 2018
Igor recently started his research master's in Archaeology. Now he is awarded the prestigious Raymond and Beverly Sackler Scholarship. The scholarship...
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Archaeologist argues for circular economy during Carnegie Peacebuilding Conversations 15 October 2018
Maikel Kuijpers was invited to join a session on material rights, resource use, and craftsmanship during the Carnegie Peacebuilding Conversations held...
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Archaeologist teaches Honours Course in The Hague: “The past is still alive.” 01 October 2018
This semester archaeologist Dr Marike van Aerde teaches an Honours Course at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs in The Hague. “In the cours...
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Computer models chart extensive Caribbean inter-island networks 06 September 2018
The precolonial inhabitants of the Caribbean islands communicated, travelled, and exchanged objects and ideas along an expansive inter-island network....
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Leiden contributes to Getty Museum exhibition 27 August 2018
Leiden researchers have made an important contribution to the successful ‘Beyond the Nile’ exhibition in the American J. Paul Getty Museum. They also ...
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In memoriam: Dr Johanna Stöger (1957-2018) 21 August 2018
On 19th August, we received the sad news that our dear colleague, Dr Johanna Stöger, has passed on. Hanna died, surrounded by family, at home in South...
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Impressions from the Nexus 1492 fieldwork in the Dominican Republic 20 August 2018
The summer has flown by and the Nexus 1492 team in Valverde, Dominican Republic, has once again had an exciting and successful season!
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Corinne Hofman elected to prestigious British Academy fellowship 19 July 2018
Professor Corinne Hofman has been made a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. She is among 76 distingui...
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Neanderthals could make fire – just like our modern ancestors 19 July 2018
Neanderthals were able to make fire on a large scale with the aid of pyrite and hand-axes. This means they could decide when and where they wanted fir...
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2 new Veni-grants: investigating malaria in the Middle Ages and coinage in Rome 17 July 2018
Two researchers at the Faculty of Archaeology have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award off...
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Film funded with ERC grant in premiere at Mexican film festival 17 July 2018
The feature drama film In Times of Rain will have its world premiere at the Guanajuato International Film Festival (#GIFF 2018) in Mexico. The film is...
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David Fontijn appointed as affiliated member German Archaeological Institute 11 July 2018
The German Archaeological Institute is a world leading research institute, which conducts and facilitates research in the archaeological sciences and ...